Logan County under tornado watch until 8 p.m.

Staff report

Posted:
06/12/2017 03:09:43 PM MDT

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for Northeastern Colorado including Logan County until 8 p.m.

A few severe thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the plains this afternoon. A dryline will organize and shift northward, and be the focus for isolated to scattered thunderstorm development. By mid afternoon, this dryline is expected to be extend from near or just north of the Denver metro area eastward to between Limon and Akron, around Last Chance. This feature and threat of thunderstorms will then shift northward to the Wyoming and Nebraska border area by late afternoon into early evening.

If thunderstorms are able to develop along this dryline and break through the cap, severe storms would be likely with large hail,
damaging winds, and a damaging tornado or two possible. The main threat for severe weather after 2 p.m. will be roughly along and
north of a line from Loveland to Wiggins to around Anton in southern washington county. Any storms that develop are expected to move northeast out of Colorado by 6 p.m.

Behind the dryline, it will turn hot and windy this afternoon. Winds will slowly subside in most areas by late this evening.

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